Vehicle command architecture

A method for command of a rail network, comprising:

• receiving a respective data packet from each of a plurality of vehicles within the rail network, each respective data packet comprising a vehicle vector clock and vehicle state data;
• updating a corresponding vector clock for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles based on the vehicle vector clock of the respective data packet;
• and
• for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, determining a command based on the vehicle state data and the corresponding vector clock;
• and
• in response to determining the command for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles:
• incrementing a first logical clock of the corresponding vector clock, wherein a second logical clock of the corresponding vector clock is updated based on the vehicle vector clock;
• and
• wirelessly broadcasting a command packet comprising the command and the corresponding vector clock.